Legal Opinion

Marriage v. Keener

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 27, 1994No. C016248PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

NICHOLSON, J.

— Valerie Marriage appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of her action to quiet title. She challenges the dismissal of her adverse possession cause of action, which the court found barred by the doctrine of loches, and the dismissal of a defendant as a sanction for failure to effect timely service. We reverse.

Factual and Procedural Background

On July 3, 1991, Valerie 1 filed this action to quiet title to four contiguous parcels of real property in Carmichael, asserting she had acquired title to these parcels by adverse possession. 2 The four parcels are referred to in…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gerhard v. StephensCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Millbrae Assn. for Residential Survival v. City of MillbraeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
  3. Cannon v. StockmonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1869
  4. Moyal v. LanphearCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
  5. Williams v. RogierIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  5. Mehdizadeh v. MincerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996

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